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[...]... evolutionary dynamics of regional systems, and promote understanding of linkages and interdependencies (See, inter alia, Richardson (1969), Isard et al (1998), and Schaeffer and Bukenya (2001).) Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling 3 ries, forecasting outcomes, and conducting impact analyses, which have embodied new behavioral theories or implemented a new solution algorithm, and supporting difficult... for regional and interregional economic modeling? ’ In his chapter on Globalization, Regional Economic Policy, and Research,’ which concludes the first part of the book, Edward Feser frames the question: “In a globalizing world of scarce public sector resources, what is the appropriate subnational economic policy response?” Feser distinguishes between regional impacts of globalization and regional- level... 462 List of Contributors……………………………………………………………465 Subject Index….……………………………………………………………….471 1 Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling: Analytical and Methodological Challenges Kieran P Donaghy Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA 1.1 Globalization and Regional Economies1 For the philosopher of history, G.W.F Hegel, the fundamental challenge for any... T (2005) The World is Flat Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York Hunter-Wade R (2005) Why free trade has costs for developing countries Financial Times, August 11 8 Other forms of risk—environmental and economic are dealt with in other chapters of the volume Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling 11 Isard W (2003) History of regional science and the Regional Science Association International... many explanations of globalization affect outcomes of simulations with CGEs In their chapter, Ian Sue Wing and William Anderson take up issues of modeling small-area economic change in the context of a multiregional CGE model Their work is particularly relevant because globalization has teased out economic relations and functional regions—that do not coincide with state borders and many significant... associated with globalization has been the increased industrialization of the economies of China and India China in particular is now the world’s second largest producer and consumer of energy and much of its energy supply is coal Within the context of a multiple-period GEM, Bin Li and Yoshiro Higano, in their contribution to this volume, examine a num- Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling 9 ber... one Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling 5 ing Focusing on OECD countries plus Brazil, Russia, India and China, he asks how aging will affect labor supply in terms of size, participation rate, and productivity In addressing this question he observes that Regional models should seek to fully incorporate age structures, participation rates, and related differential productivity rates, among regional. .. information age England, Cheltenham Richardson H (1969) Elements of regional economics Penguin Books, Baltimore Shaeffer P, Bukenya JO (2001) What Distinguishes Regional Economics from Macroeconomics? Paper presented at the North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association, Charleston, South Carolina Stiglitz J (2002) Globalization and its discontents Penguin, London Wolf M (2004) Why globalization. .. reporting are dynamic and are exceptional in this regard 8 K.P Donaghy Employing a multi -regional dynamic CGE model of Australia, John Giesecke and John Madden focus on regional adjustment to globalization and, more specifically, regional adjustment of labor markets They demonstrate how the features of such a model are suited to characterizing various aspects of globalization and they note in particular... sense of structural changes and to anticipate potential impacts of undertaking alternative responses, regional policy makers have in the past turned to regional economic modelers.3 In such situations, regional economic modelers have risen to the occasion, often developing new frameworks for explaining phenomena, developing new data bases, testing theo3 Regional economic modeling has been undertaken . Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling: Analytical and Methodological Challenges……………………………………… 1 Kieran P. Donaghy 1.1 Globalization and Regional. the implications for regional and interregional economic modeling? ’ In his chapter on Globalization, Regional Economic Policy, and Research,’ which